Revenge, Chapter 1 Summary

Revenge is the story of a man's recovery from a terrible beating from the husband of his lover. Cochran and Miryea are the lovers. As Cochran heals, he wants to kill Miryea's husband, Tibey, and reunite with Miryea, but it takes months to find her. Cochran and Tibey reconcile instead of continuing their separate quests for revenge, but Miryea is almost dead when Cochran finds her.

While Cochran lies dying from heat and dehydration, his injuries draw vultures. A worker at a nearby mission, Mauro, sees the vultures and finds Cochran. Diller, the mission doctor and priest, brings Cochran back to his mission clinic to treat the dehydration, sunburn, and injuries. Diller makes a report to the Federales, but he wants to help the patient avoid any legal red tape. When Cochran comes down with pneumonia, Diller wants to avoid sending his patient to a...